I'm 76 years old and love watching your reactions to the music of my and my children's generations. Our music told stories. There were no computers. We had to do all the work. The musicians of my era had to spend years studying and hour upon hour practicing. This was REAL music.
HaHa. These younger generations grew up without stereo sound systems. They aren't used to hearing all of those little nuances we used to hear with multiple speakers and sub woofers. Remember laying in the dark just letting the music move through you? You got a whole lot more to experience with the older music like that.
No wonder modern people with perfect teeth are annoying..... Accept your perceived floors and work it to your advantage. Be original. I didn't know that about him though about the teeth.
It took Freddie 6 years to put that together. As far as the engineering it was all done by Queen. They wrote , produced and arranged all their music.. your so cute, I’m now 61 and it does my heart proud to see another generation of young people who are willing to not only listen to this type of music but also appreciate it....great reaction.......JUDY D.
Nonsense, it did not take Freddie six years - he put it together as they were recording the album it is on - A Night At The Opera from 1975. - If it were to have taken six years, that would have been from before Queen were formed.
@@ninagray4441 He did have some parts for the song written before queen got together. He put 3 of his unfinished songs together to make bohemian rhapsody and yes he had majority of the material for years. But once he got the idea to put those songs together, it didn’t take long to make the song after that
Actually Brian May credits Roy Thomas Baker their sound engineer for helping them to make the album A Night At The Opera. He was young and into experimenting just like Queen. Brian said Roy was up for all their ideas and trials.
JTheTeach Can you believe the record company had pushback on the length of the song and the name? They thought back then it was too long and kids wouldn’t listen to a Rhapsody. LoL!
Seriously though, "crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody at Green Day concert". Freddie was there in spirit. That damn thing will make a grown man cry. Not many people can get 65,000 people singing along with them word for word like they're on church, when they've been dead for years.
I just went to see Green Day in San Diego this past August. They play BoRap like that before every concert. The whole crowd was united in singing it...it was glorious ❣️
@@natashanoneya7494 it is 6 minutes long and at the time the label didn't want it on the album because of the length so Queen found another way to get the song out there and it was a hit from the start.
@@RoverWaters Yes he did and Freddy created how the music flowed from one ear to the other.All the band members had their own creation in this song.In the books Freddy wanted this song to be a master piece and it defiantly is.
@@dragonfly9416 you are right the record company believe because the song was so long that it wouldn't sell. However, I'm glad that they were completely wrong and that the band stuck to their beliefs about the song. There was an interview I saw while doing research for a paper I had to write; the executives of the record company really thought the song would tank. They were shocked when the opening sales of the song were so high. I believe that one of the executives was told, "the song sold 60 and he assumed that the song only song 60 copies but the actual amount was 60,000 copies on the first day." The executives were shocked that a song that long would do so well with all the limitations that radio stations but on a song.
This is so funny, he is actually singing along. He's as spell bound as the audiences in the concerts, and is singing along, Freddy would have loved it!!!
All the voices in that song are ONLY those band members. They laid track over track over track until it sounded like a full on choir. They laid so many of those tracks down that they almost snapped the tape it was being recorded onto. Also, Freddie said he wanted to bring opera and ballet to the masses and this was how he was going to do it, with this crazy unique song! And this was originally two songs he wrote but compiled them onto one to create this masterpiece. THIS MAN WAS A GENIUS!!!
I don't see why anybody would block any kind of music ❣️💯🧐😓❣️ if it's onUA-cam anywhere if it's for people out there to see and hear and listen to why turn around and block people from it! It makes no sense it just shows how people love to f****** hate on other 🖕😓🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼
@@christymearna3912 Musicians make music for a living & are completely within their rights to expect to be compensated for someone else using their copyrighted music.
This was written and composed by Freddie, so when you said who ever engineered this was a genius I just smiled. It's been viewed over 1 billion times. Those vocals you hear in the intro is all FREDDIE on separate tracks. He is and always will be the best there ever was. Much imitated but never ever surpassed, and never had a vocal lesson in his life, he is OUR DEAR SWEET FREDDIE and WE MISS him.💔
I'm convinced there's not a single human on earth that won't lose their shit over this song, its tooo good. Its essentially 6 different songs stitched together and they made it work. Its a timeless masterpiece that sits among the best tracks ever made.
Queen stole and outshined that event. It was a "historical" moment and still the overly rated conversation piece for being a highly known event in music entertainment. Music has no color, It's a bond and a vibe that we can agree on.
I'm 62 y/o this year. I always thought that I've lived through the best years of music, but watching you react to my girlhood and young adult soundtrack just reaffirms it for me. I was just SO LUCKY to have experienced all of these artists firsthand. We listened to all of these on vinyl, with and without headphones. I'm so grateful to watch what I must have looked like hearing this for the first time (I was a junior in high school). Keep on sweetie, I am having a ball! (I'm thinking it's the owners of the recordings that are blocking these types of videos.The greedy ba$tard$. If they were smart, they'd allow it, more sales of you young'uns downloading these tunes. I'm certain the artists love reaction videos.)
I was also a Junior in High School when this amazing piece of music exploded into the world's consciousness (I'll be 62 in October, the good lord willin' and the Covid don't rise). My girlfriend was a massive Queen fan, and for Christmas 1975 I gave her a copy of the just-released Night At The Opera, with a ticket to see Queen in February slid inside. I think it was my only perfect Christmas present, and it probably put the inevitable breakup off by eight months or so.
@@GuyWets-zy5yt > TO Catherine and Guy these kids have no idea what they have missed and we didn't know what we had. The competition between styles brought about some of the greatest music
One of my favorite facts about Queen is that the guitarist, Brian May, is not only an amazing musician - he also has a PhD. in astrophysics and is a practicing astrophysicist like Neil DeGrasse Tyson and the late Stephen Hawking.
The headphones are a must with this song. Sound flowing from left to right, how the band intended you to hear it. It's the greatest recording in the history of recorded sound.
A lot of music from the late 60s into the 70s was engineered to move around the room with dips and swells in the music. Headphones are very important to appreciating these songs.
EARGASM!!!! it's called "panning", the signals are sent to either the left output, right output or center outputs. Zep and Floyd were masters at this effect, so yeah, you have to go back and listen to them all again, lol
I’m 61 now and the joy of watching you learn this wonderful rock ‘n’ roll world I love is one of the most exciting ways to relive how I felt my first time.
In 2004, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It has appeared in numerous polls of the greatest songs in popular music, and Mercury's vocal performance was chosen as the greatest in rock history by readers of Rolling Stone. In December 2018, it became the most streamed song from the 20th century, and it has been downloaded or streamed over "1.6 BILLION times"
Brian May is one of the premiere guitarists in Rock. Fun fact, that middle section is only the four group members voices, overdubbed 180 times. So yeah, it was engineered even more than you could ever imagine. Congrats on discovering the joys of headphone eargasms.
About the engineer’s work on this, bear in mind that this came out in the mid 70’s with the technology available then. Also this was pretty much the first actual pop video, it made a huge impact. I remember it, I was a teenager at the time. Nice to see it still holds up.
@@zepiuulos Yes, You are correct. I believe The Beatles made the first music videos specifically to promote a song or record, Strawberry Fields Forever, and Penny Lane. Others claim to have been first, but those were just scenes cut out from a movie, not a video made to promote a record.
It might have made an impact with some, but the video that did make a HUGE impact has to be Michael Jackson's Thriller video. I remember MTV would announce when it was going to be shown and people would tune in just to watch it. Now THAT...made an impact.
@@mgonzales56 thriller wasn't a music video. It was a Hollywood produced multimillion-dollar mini movie. yes it was great and yes it changed music videos forever, but it certainly wasn't just a video to a pop song.
Boy you crazy! One of the best reactions of yours yet....singing along, eyes popping out, pausing and walking out because it was too much. And my favorite part, the arm!
You have to see Queen at Live Aid ( for Africa ) in 1985. Millions of people watched all over the world...Queen gave the best rock concert in history. No one denies it. Get the full version, with many of their songs, Freddie at his genius best, sore throat and all. A must. Especially with those earphones!
For 20 minutes Freddie Mercury held a microphone in one hand and the world in the other. Absolute genius. And it wasn't even a full concert, just a 20 minute appearance.
When I saw that you were listening to Bohemian Rhapsody with your new headphones, I clicked on it immediately and your reaction was all I could have hoped for. Keep on doing what you are doing, because you make me smile. Even though I grew up in this era, I am learning new things all the time along with you and many other reactors. Back then there were no instant answers about who sang a song, and most the time I didn't care, I just knew I liked it when it came on. (Although, everybody knew who Queen was!) Please keep on keepin' on, I promise I will be enjoying this music with you! Love and Happiness to you!
@@wandaphillips9494 aye, thats it, midern money sovereign government can create enough of it out of thin air to buy whatdver goids, services, workers and infrastructure available
"That was a lot. I almost want to cry." Welcome to what we call production values. Queen, Michael Jackson and The Eagles all sound completely different this way.
Actually, Most classic rock will sound better with headphones. Try Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Or The Who and Deep Purple. Just keep going. They all had masterful productions. So many more - to many to name. Just use headphones by default and you won't go wrong.
Gary R yes! Always headphones! I personally will not go without them- not even talking on the phone- DEFINITELY not listening to music without them! No way- way too much missed, no matter what you’re listening to!
@@the_judge_8262 True, but it is a hole he needs to travel, as we have. I believe after you come up from that hole you have a much greater understanding of rock music (generic term - not splitting into sub-genres - ok). And that is never a bad thing.
And all he really did was apply classical music to rock. But he thought of it first. And he also did a duet with montserrat cabale in 1988. Freddie was nuts about opera/classical and he based his whole performance on it.
Ive seen a lot of first reactions to BohRhap, but you are the shit man!!! Your reactions almost made ME cry!!! Watching you is exactly why Freddie wrote BohRhap! We Queenfans love you man!!!! And goosebumps??? After 35+ years I still get them listening to this song!
I’m so lucky to be British and to have ALWAYS had this song and their other songs in my life. You’d be very unlucky if this video gets blocked, other reactors haven’t had their reaction to this blocked. Queen made music for the people, I always think they’d be upset if they do block them.
I told you little brother, the music of my era was produced and mixed very differently then today's music. Your headphones make the music better. Congratulations on your purchase and your new appreciation of my music.
70's music is a mind fuck under headphones. A beautiful mind fuck, but still a serious mind fuck. 80's music is just crisp & clear sounding. You could hear a pin drop in 80's music if that's what they wanted you to hear.
You young folks, I love seeing your faces when you realize the greatness you have been missing out on. This song rocked my high school world in 1975 and continues to rock me to this day!!!
I'm on season 14 of "Watching black guys discover Rock".. I CAN'T STOP!!!! I NEED HELP!!!! Oh btw, never change. You're so naturally funny, almost like I'm sitting there with you on your couch.
You must go back and listen to all the Pink Floyd again. It is a totally different experience with headphones. I don't even need reaction videos, but you owe it to yourself to get the full effect. Pink Floyd wasn't just making music. They were creating new frontiers in sound!
LOL, Now look when this was produced. And they did this. We would sit and listen to this song over and over and OVER. Love these guys..So good LIVE...LOVED THAT.
Okay in two days you have become my FAVORITE reactionary. No pretending-to-coolness on this channel. You are hilarious [the HEADPHONES] and make my day so much better.
If you want real goosebumps and chills, there's a great vid of a crowd at a concert, waiting for I think it was Green Day to come on stage. The speakers start playing Bohemian Rhapsody just for something for people to listen to. The crowd, as one, with no prompting, starts singing along. When it comes to the left vs right parts, they self-divide their voices to play both parts, and when the guitar solo happens, they all bust loose. It's still one of the most amazing things I've seen. It wasn't planned... but that song has such an effect that it just Happened on its own.
I was 17 when this song was number one on the charts as a young girl born in London my friends and I were blown away by Queen they were so different and unconventional and the song was over 6 minutes long and the radio stations refused to play it but Freddie had friends in high places and they couldn’t stop the masterpiece and it’s known word for word by my generation in England and well loved. After Freddie’s death it shot to the top of the charts again.
Queen is the most innovative band in our modern music history. They took the rock game to a whole new way, it was Freddie's idea to bounce the sound back and forth ever since their first album and was kept throughout all of their music. BoRhap was recorded in the course of 8-9 days, everyone did vocals for the operatic section. John doing baritone as Roger Taylor did the falsetto vox but multiple over dubbing on vocal tracks. The engineer they had on recording this and its album "A Night at the Opera" has been engineering Queen from the start.
Something just occurred to me : you haven't really seen Freddie in full action! I said watch the show at Live Aid ( historic ) but it was in 1986, not 1985. It began with a song One Vision. The show they have on video is about 20 minutes long, but there was more and you will crave more. You'll learn to love Roger Taylor on drums ( the best ) and Brian May ( lead guitar ) and John Deacon ( bass guitar). Then, eventually, you will want to see the movie, Bohemian Rhapsody, which kept to the true story of Queen, though not completely. Doesn't matter. We all are caught by Freddie..one of the greatest talents of the 20th and any century. You're doing good.
Live Aid WAS in 1985. The concert that begins with One Vision is from their 1986 tour (where he's wearing the yellow jacket at Wembley) that's not Live Aid. Both are at Wembley stadium.
You are the funnest reactor there is! "It hit me from everywhere" Ha!Ha!Ha! I love your reaction to this one more than any other, I've come back to watch it several times! Thank you for being the sweet person that you are!
in the early days of stereo recording the sound engineers and artists had a field day placing and moving instruments and sounds around in the stereo field. Modern artists and engineers don't seem to do this as much..
Ok for me your reaction is everything. This is one of the most beloved artists and song from the rock and roll world and your not from that world. Your love and appreciation is just wonderful to see. Welcome to the genius of Freddy Mercury!!
Lead guitarist Brian May is playing the guitar he made with his dad when he was 13 years old from offcuts of wood from anywhere and home made electronics, it's calledd 'Big Red'. Brian is also a well known astro physicist. They also played this live and it's still amazing.
dont know if anyone has posted this yet, but the rumor ive heard is its about him hidding he was gay. the just killed a man is ref to him 'killing' his real self. really sad.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣 Somebody put something through my ears🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Without my permission man 😂😂😂😂😂
Legend Jamel!
That was funny,i couldnt stop laughing,but i really hope that you dont have a hole through your head now.
Lol, a reactor reacting to a reactor, two of my favorites 😂
you should do a reaction video to this reaction video! This was hilarious!!
This man is a global icon we need to protect him and his weed at all costs!
YESSSSSS
Save the Trees
Amen, yes sir 🙌
I agree 100%
Everybody and their brother have reacted to this
I'm 76 years old and love watching your reactions to the music of my and my children's generations. Our music told stories. There were no computers. We had to do all the work. The musicians of my era had to spend years studying and hour upon hour practicing. This was REAL music.
We just witnessed your first Queen induced ear-gasm.
😅yea!
hell yes!!!!! The Best eargasm that exists!!
Hardly when he already knows the song
Best comment, lol
Notice he has to have a cigarette listening to this 😂😂😂😂😂.
When Freddie said mama I don't wanna die but sometimes wish I'd never been born at all... I feel that everyday.
HaHa. These younger generations grew up without stereo sound systems. They aren't used to hearing all of those little nuances we used to hear with multiple speakers and sub woofers. Remember laying in the dark just letting the music move through you? You got a whole lot more to experience with the older music like that.
I BLAME IT ON THEIR PARENTS.
be glad we never had the likes of bieber when we were young, i grew up listening to Elvis,Kate Bush and wet wet wet lol, my mum loved wet wet wet
@@laapache1 me too, lol
There was nothing like a good set of head phones
I was dancing in my room with am extetien cord in the middle of the night when I couldent sleep 🤣
And then you realize that autotune wasn’t even invented then
FYI Freddy refused to fix his teeth because he was afraid it would change his vocals .. glad he didn’t. He’s iconic
Raymona, you are so correct. I love his look, including the teeth. Iconic indeed!
💁🏾♀️ *Freddie
That’s just like Barbara Streisand and her nose.
No wonder modern people with perfect teeth are annoying..... Accept your perceived floors and work it to your advantage. Be original. I didn't know that about him though about the teeth.
THE best reaction to Bohemian Rhapsody, ever....
It took Freddie 6 years to put that together. As far as the engineering it was all done by Queen. They wrote , produced and arranged all their music.. your so cute, I’m now 61 and it does my heart proud to see another generation of young people who are willing to not only listen to this type of music but also appreciate it....great reaction.......JUDY D.
Nonsense, it did not take Freddie six years - he put it together as they were recording the album it is on - A Night At The Opera from 1975. - If it were to have taken six years, that would have been from before Queen were formed.
@@ninagray4441 He did have some parts for the song written before queen got together. He put 3 of his unfinished songs together to make bohemian rhapsody and yes he had majority of the material for years. But once he got the idea to put those songs together, it didn’t take long to make the song after that
That’s what I was thinking they didn’t really have engineers back then, they had bands
Actually Brian May credits Roy Thomas Baker their sound engineer for helping them to make the album A Night At The Opera. He was young and into experimenting just like Queen. Brian said Roy was up for all their ideas and trials.
and "no synths!!!"
LMAO... "That was going thru.. in my ear, thru my nose, it cam thru.. a sound shot out of my eyeball. I’m not trippin’." This is why I'm here.
That was my favourite bit too... :-)
Kind of like he'd just undergone a complete brain realignment...
Should we tell him this came out 45 years ago? Nah, let's just give him more Queen!
OMG! Am I really getting that old? I remember when it was first released!
@@wickedfisher6451 I know!!! I wanna hear BohRhap for the first time again!!! lol
@@natasjadirken5633 RIGHT!
@@wickedfisher6451 I'm gonna play the March now and just pretend to hear it for the first time hahahaahaha
@@natasjadirken5633 I actually had that version played at my wedding
Freddie Murcury was instrumental in the sound engineering, directing every piece and every recorded take until it was to his standards.
JTheTeach Can you believe the record company had pushback on the length of the song and the name? They thought back then it was too long and kids wouldn’t listen to a Rhapsody. LoL!
I loved it the first time I heard it. Back then.
Freddie probably listened to a lot of Beach Boys compositions .
Roy Thomas Baker was the engineer
@@jeffcobb2734 No, RTB was the producer. Barry Ainsworth was the engineer.
Seriously though, "crowd sings Bohemian Rhapsody at Green Day concert".
Freddie was there in spirit. That damn thing will make a grown man cry. Not many people can get 65,000 people singing along with them word for word like they're on church, when they've been dead for years.
Yes he has to react to that it was amazing x
YES!!! That clip is amazing - it will give you chills...
70,000 singing it at Wembly when he was at Live Aid, and bigger audiences than that. But your point is valid. He wasn't even present at Green Day.
I just went to see Green Day in San Diego this past August. They play BoRap like that before every concert. The whole crowd was united in singing it...it was glorious ❣️
Can't wait to go check it out.
You have now experienced the Masterpiece.
Mamaaaaa!!!! There’re the best. Freddie Mercury lives on!!!
Freddy Mercury is the one that created the song like that.He said he wants the vocals to run from one ear to the other like a wave in the ocean lol
If I can remember right, it was the first longest song. They were having some problems about putting that one on album.
@@natashanoneya7494 it is 6 minutes long and at the time the label didn't want it on the album because of the length so Queen found another way to get the song out there and it was a hit from the start.
Brian May wrote the Bohemian Rhapsody guitar solo
@@RoverWaters Yes he did and Freddy created how the music flowed from one ear to the other.All the band members had their own creation in this song.In the books Freddy wanted this song to be a master piece and it defiantly is.
@@dragonfly9416 you are right the record company believe because the song was so long that it wouldn't sell. However, I'm glad that they were completely wrong and that the band stuck to their beliefs about the song. There was an interview I saw while doing research for a paper I had to write; the executives of the record company really thought the song would tank. They were shocked when the opening sales of the song were so high. I believe that one of the executives was told, "the song sold 60 and he assumed that the song only song 60 copies but the actual amount was 60,000 copies on the first day." The executives were shocked that a song that long would do so well with all the limitations that radio stations but on a song.
This is so funny, he is actually singing along. He's as spell bound as the audiences in the concerts, and is singing along, Freddy would have loved it!!!
What a true and beautiful reaction to the greatest Queen, Freddie Mercury
the problem with this song is that you'll never hear anything better
Have you heard the prophet song?
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That is AWESOME
Fact
This guy is hilarious and he won't hear anything better - I hope he sees that white people have soul too!!!!
I am SO happy you discovered Queen. “How much better can it get?” Just wait 😉
Exactly! It gets way more better!
Now keep in mind. No auto tune. No digital. This was pure art. Freddy was a rock God.
Yes same but how did he not listen to the song before
All the voices in that song are ONLY those band members. They laid track over track over track until it sounded like a full on choir. They laid so many of those tracks down that they almost snapped the tape it was being recorded onto.
Also, Freddie said he wanted to bring opera and ballet to the masses and this was how he was going to do it, with this crazy unique song! And this was originally two songs he wrote but compiled them onto one to create this masterpiece.
THIS MAN WAS A GENIUS!!!
wasn't it 3 songs?
He really was a genius.He wanted this song to flow from one ear to the other and the way he created this song became a master piece.
Yass!!!! Exactly! They tried to recreate it in the movie but I would give my right arm to have seen them do it in real life. It was brilliant
You were bouncing around like an excited schoolgirl. Really hope this doesn't get blocked because I think this video might blow up.
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This song in russian
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I think Queen let's people post their music. I don't think they block reactors on UA-cam.
I don't see why anybody would block any kind of music ❣️💯🧐😓❣️ if it's onUA-cam anywhere if it's for people out there to see and hear and listen to why turn around and block people from it! It makes no sense it just shows how people love to f****** hate on other 🖕😓🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼
@@christymearna3912
Musicians make music for a living & are completely within their rights to expect to be compensated for someone else using their copyrighted music.
This was written and composed by Freddie, so when you said who ever engineered this was a genius I just smiled. It's been viewed over 1 billion times. Those vocals you hear in the intro is all FREDDIE on separate tracks. He is and always will be the best there ever was. Much imitated but never ever surpassed, and never had a vocal lesson in his life, he is OUR DEAR SWEET FREDDIE and WE MISS him.💔
Freddy would have loved you too 🫡
I'm convinced there's not a single human on earth that won't lose their shit over this song, its tooo good. Its essentially 6 different songs stitched together and they made it work. Its a timeless masterpiece that sits among the best tracks ever made.
The Live Aid concert is Freddie Mercury showing us his one of a kind performance!!! You should check out the crowd :) unbelievable...
I say watch some or listen to some of the songs to familiarize yourself it makes what you are seeing all the more impressive
Queen stole and outshined that event. It was a "historical" moment and still the overly rated conversation piece for being a highly known event in music entertainment. Music has no color, It's a bond and a vibe that we can agree on.
"im doin all the music over" had me rollin XD
A little side info.. lead guitarist Brian May is Professor Brian May, in Astrophysics.
Was able to become a Rocket Scientist AND a Rock Star. Did quite well at both.
I’m imagining how happy it would make Freddie to watch your reaction to his masterpiece. He would be LOVING IT❤
That drummer can sing so good and was Freddie's backup in all songs...another awsome singing drummer...omg
Taylor Hawkins fan?
"the sound shot out of my eyeball" the coffee shot out of my nose :)
Best comment!
I spewed Coca-Cola, best reaction ever! He's going to have to do Floyd and Zep all over!!
I'm 62 y/o this year. I always thought that I've lived through the best years of music, but watching you react to my girlhood and young adult soundtrack just reaffirms it for me. I was just SO LUCKY to have experienced all of these artists firsthand. We listened to all of these on vinyl, with and without headphones. I'm so grateful to watch what I must have looked like hearing this for the first time (I was a junior in high school). Keep on sweetie, I am having a ball!
(I'm thinking it's the owners of the recordings that are blocking these types of videos.The greedy ba$tard$. If they were smart, they'd allow it, more sales of you young'uns downloading these tunes. I'm certain the artists love reaction videos.)
I was also a Junior in High School when this amazing piece of music exploded into the world's consciousness (I'll be 62 in October, the good lord willin' and the Covid don't rise). My girlfriend was a massive Queen fan, and for Christmas 1975 I gave her a copy of the just-released Night At The Opera, with a ticket to see Queen in February slid inside. I think it was my only perfect Christmas present, and it probably put the inevitable breakup off by eight months or so.
I'm with ya girl!✌😉
The thing is that music exploded in the 70s. We had a wide variety.Evryone had stereos and weed .
Im 66. I was in 80 in a Queen concert, here in Brussels. I ve still the sounds in my ears, in my body, in my soul !
@@GuyWets-zy5yt > TO Catherine and Guy these kids have no idea what they have missed and we didn't know what we had. The competition between styles brought about some of the greatest music
One of my favorite facts about Queen is that the guitarist, Brian May, is not only an amazing musician - he also has a PhD. in astrophysics and is a practicing astrophysicist like Neil DeGrasse Tyson and the late Stephen Hawking.
he's my secret husband.
@@Miriboheme Not surprising, the man has charm that is off the scale, just like his guitar work.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 and he rescues foxes!!!
He also made his guitar himself. That's why nobody can get the same sound when they try to play their songs
Do you know he built his own guitar from bits and pieces and it's awesome it's his pride and joy he said
"they doin' stuff without my permission." OMG!
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The headphones are a must with this song. Sound flowing from left to right, how the band intended you to hear it. It's the greatest recording in the history of recorded sound.
Good headphones = go back and listen to Floyd. 🖤
No lie I start laughing before I even start the video..
Darren man I’m amped over here 😂
Yup. I'm pausing more than Mr. Video because I'm laughing with him the whole time.
100%
Often voted #1 rock song ever
Brings me back to my youth when I first saw this
A lot of music from the late 60s into the 70s was engineered to move around the room with dips and swells in the music. Headphones are very important to appreciating these songs.
Mr. Video this is BY FAR the BEST reaction to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." You are so entertaining to watch. and I love how you truly enjoy the music.
"They keep doin' stuff to your ears that you didn't ask for..."
YUP!
EARGASM!!!! it's called "panning", the signals are sent to either the left output, right output or center outputs. Zep and Floyd were masters at this effect, so yeah, you have to go back and listen to them all again, lol
Finally!! Welcome to the 70's we had a fantastic musical decade. Explore away, there is a lot more...
Bringing back memories of Wayne and Garth in the Mirth Mobile.🤘😁✌️
I read once that Bohemian Rhapsody is the song to test new speakers with because it has the widest range of high/low notes
I’m 61 now and the joy of watching you learn this wonderful rock ‘n’ roll world I love is one of the most exciting ways to relive how I felt my first time.
In 2004, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It has appeared in numerous polls of the greatest songs in popular music, and Mercury's vocal performance was chosen as the greatest in rock history by readers of Rolling Stone. In December 2018, it became the most streamed song from the 20th century, and it has been downloaded or streamed over "1.6 BILLION times"
Clearly the best thing Mr video has listened to with his ears! This is the best thing I've watched with my eyes!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Brian May is one of the premiere guitarists in Rock. Fun fact, that middle section is only the four group members voices, overdubbed 180 times. So yeah, it was engineered even more than you could ever imagine. Congrats on discovering the joys of headphone eargasms.
also the guitar was overdubbed
"A sound shot out of my EYEBALL!!" BRO I'M CACKLINGGGGGGG
😂😂😂😂
Lmfao I almost spit on my drink when he said that
🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭
🤣😂🤣😂
Lmfaooo😂😂
Pure musical genius. I have no idea how Freddie came up with this. This song is ridiculous. Off the charts. Loved your reaction brother!
I'd even say it's ludicrously good.
Something really cool that you may not know: the lead guitarist, Brian May, is an astrophysicist. He has a PhD.
They all went to university, Roger would have been a dentist lol
Somebody tweet this to Queen Official! Lord!
About the engineer’s work on this, bear in mind that this came out in the mid 70’s with the technology available then. Also this was pretty much the first actual pop video, it made a huge impact. I remember it, I was a teenager at the time. Nice to see it still holds up.
There were pop videos before this one.
The Beatles notably
@@zepiuulos Yes, You are correct. I believe The Beatles made the first music videos specifically to promote a song or record, Strawberry Fields Forever, and Penny Lane. Others claim to have been first, but those were just scenes cut out from a movie, not a video made to promote a record.
It might have made an impact with some, but the video that did make a HUGE impact has to be Michael Jackson's Thriller video. I remember MTV would announce when it was going to be shown and people would tune in just to watch it. Now THAT...made an impact.
@@mgonzales56 thriller wasn't a music video. It was a Hollywood produced multimillion-dollar mini movie.
yes it was great and yes it changed music videos forever, but it certainly wasn't just a video to a pop song.
Boy you crazy! One of the best reactions of yours yet....singing along, eyes popping out, pausing and walking out because it was too much. And my favorite part, the arm!
No one has ever come close to Queen in talent.
Your forgetting ELVIS PRESLEY nobody comes no were near him
@@georgebillington1224 Elvis is great singer, but Freddie was and great composer and pianist.
@@georgebillington1224 ehhh nah
You have to see Queen at Live Aid ( for Africa ) in 1985. Millions of people watched all over the world...Queen gave the best rock concert in history. No one denies it. Get the full version, with many of their songs, Freddie at his genius best, sore throat and all. A must. Especially with those earphones!
For 20 minutes Freddie Mercury held a microphone in one hand and the world in the other. Absolute genius. And it wasn't even a full concert, just a 20 minute appearance.
Yes!
2 billion people watched Live Aid.
A lot of music plays better through headphones
ALL music is better with headphones. Cheers!
@@busterbrown446 Yes but some music is much more nuanced/layered and really needs it. Floyd are a perfect case in point.
He certainly didn’t start himself off easy, either! Jumped in with both feet.
Aj OBryant except opera, that’s best listened to by someone else in another continent. 😂
Badpop lives up to his name.
lol
Pink Floyd is really going to mess him up with the headphones 😂
Yep
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb is necessary with headphones
Brains will be running down his leg
Erica Veillette and Darkside of the Moon too.
“Sorrow”
The constant smile on your face when you hear something you weren't expecting, is the reason I watch your videos. Lol. Thank you
Could there ever be a better reaction than this mans? Brilliant, enthralling, exciting ,amazed he knows greatness when he hears it!
Freddy would have LOVED your reaction to his Rhapsody song. Welcome to my youth and music.
I agree with the others. U looked like a child at Christmas and it was AWESOME!! Congrats on ur first eargasm 😂🙌🔥🖤
When I saw that you were listening to Bohemian Rhapsody with your new headphones, I clicked on it immediately and your reaction was all I could have hoped for. Keep on doing what you are doing, because you make me smile. Even though I grew up in this era, I am learning new things all the time along with you and many other reactors. Back then there were no instant answers about who sang a song, and most the time I didn't care, I just knew I liked it when it came on. (Although, everybody knew who Queen was!) Please keep on keepin' on, I promise I will be enjoying this music with you! Love and Happiness to you!
By the way, will you react to Pink Floyd's "Money"? I always loved that song, maybe cause I didn't have any. Haha! Gotta wear the phones!
@@wandaphillips9494 aye, thats it, midern money sovereign government can create enough of it out of thin air to buy whatdver goids, services, workers and infrastructure available
I LOVED watching you watching this❣ I've been listening to this song for 50 years and EVERY SINGLE TIME i hear it i am cover in goose bumps.
I’ve watched all of this guys videos he’s so entertaining he’s definitely gonna blow up one day
The live aid preformance is legendery the crowd was insane it's a must watch ❤
No one is better at reactions than this man! If u haven't subbed, u need to.
He is so damn good at this! He needs to go viral!
He is BETTER than most the others in my opinion
You know from the lil teaser at the beginning and his entrance, which always makes me chuckle.
"That was a lot. I almost want to cry."
Welcome to what we call production values. Queen, Michael Jackson and The Eagles all sound completely different this way.
Actually, Most classic rock will sound better with headphones. Try Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Or The Who and Deep Purple. Just keep going. They all had masterful productions. So many more - to many to name. Just use headphones by default and you won't go wrong.
Gary R yes! Always headphones! I personally will not go without them- not even talking on the phone- DEFINITELY not listening to music without them! No way- way too much
missed, no matter what you’re listening to!
Any old song that sounds good on stereo more often than not will sound amazing in headphones. You needed quality sound before to make it.
@@garyr8739 let's not get him listening to Led Zep or Pink Floyd, we may never see him while he is down the rabbit hole 😂 😜
@@the_judge_8262 True, but it is a hole he needs to travel, as we have. I believe after you come up from that hole you have a much greater understanding of rock music (generic term - not splitting into sub-genres - ok). And that is never a bad thing.
Amazing video, dude. Freddie’s voice at 5:55 breaks me. He’s truly singing from a place of pain and despair. Such a beautiful song. 🤘🏽🤘🏽
Them chill bumps on your arm tells you that your spirits alive.
Amen! Mr Video can finally hear what he’s been missing all this time. Headphones in, here we go.
The sound has reach your soul. 🔥
You should also check out “somebody to love” but Queen! I think you would freak out over it 😂❤️ love this reaction!!
Indeed, be sure to listen to the studio version but you must listen to the live version, Montreal 1981......
Chris Smith Of course! Montreal 81’ was one of Freddie’s best performances vocally! (In my opinion 😂)
Definitely has to be the live version from Montreal. One of the best live performances of all time! 🔥
@Aquarius22
u think he should start with the live version first? i simply don't understand people like you :)
Rah beat I’m usually for the studio version first, but for that song, there’s just something magical about that live performance. 😊
This song is divided into several movements. Much like what happens in classical music. The guy was really a musical phenomenon. ⚡🌈✨
And all he really did was apply classical music to rock. But he thought of it first. And he also did a duet with montserrat cabale in 1988. Freddie was nuts about opera/classical and he based his whole performance on it.
Ive seen a lot of first reactions to BohRhap, but you are the shit man!!! Your reactions almost made ME cry!!! Watching you is exactly why Freddie wrote BohRhap! We Queenfans love you man!!!!
And goosebumps??? After 35+ years I still get them listening to this song!
I’m so lucky to be British and to have ALWAYS had this song and their other songs in my life.
You’d be very unlucky if this video gets blocked, other reactors haven’t had their reaction to this blocked. Queen made music for the people, I always think they’d be upset if they do block them.
I told you little brother, the music of my era was produced and mixed very differently then today's music.
Your headphones make the music better. Congratulations on your purchase and your new appreciation of my music.
70's music is a mind fuck under headphones. A beautiful mind fuck, but still a serious mind fuck. 80's music is just crisp & clear sounding. You could hear a pin drop in 80's music if that's what they wanted you to hear.
You young folks, I love seeing your faces when you realize the greatness you have been missing out on. This song rocked my high school world in 1975 and continues to rock me to this day!!!
Mine to im ALL most 62 lol
Don't apologise for feeling the music baby 😉 He made a grand movement.
This song you definitely have to listen to it with headphones I get the chills every time I listen to it
I'm on season 14 of "Watching black guys discover Rock".. I CAN'T STOP!!!! I NEED HELP!!!!
Oh btw, never change. You're so naturally funny, almost like I'm sitting there with you on your couch.
You must go back and listen to all the Pink Floyd again. It is a totally different experience with headphones. I don't even need reaction videos, but you owe it to yourself to get the full effect. Pink Floyd wasn't just making music. They were creating new frontiers in sound!
that's exactly what I said!! PF is an experience, & I can't wait to see his reaction!
Pioneering following in the tradition of The Beatles using the studio technology as an instrument in itself
LOL, Now look when this was produced. And they did this. We would sit and listen to this song over and over and OVER. Love these guys..So good LIVE...LOVED THAT.
When Freddie sings he will gives you Eargasms
Okay in two days you have become my FAVORITE reactionary. No pretending-to-coolness on this channel. You are hilarious [the HEADPHONES] and make my day so much better.
“Sound shot out my eyeball”
Mixing is so important to timeless music like this.
If you want real goosebumps and chills, there's a great vid of a crowd at a concert, waiting for I think it was Green Day to come on stage. The speakers start playing Bohemian Rhapsody just for something for people to listen to. The crowd, as one, with no prompting, starts singing along. When it comes to the left vs right parts, they self-divide their voices to play both parts, and when the guitar solo happens, they all bust loose. It's still one of the most amazing things I've seen. It wasn't planned... but that song has such an effect that it just Happened on its own.
I was 17 when this song was number one on the charts as a young girl born in London my friends and I were blown away by Queen they were so different and unconventional and the song was over 6 minutes long and the radio stations refused to play it but Freddie had friends in high places and they couldn’t stop the masterpiece and it’s known word for word by my generation in England and well loved. After Freddie’s death it shot to the top of the charts again.
You're my new favorite. Hysterical
Queen is the most innovative band in our modern music history. They took the rock game to a whole new way, it was Freddie's idea to bounce the sound back and forth ever since their first album and was kept throughout all of their music. BoRhap was recorded in the course of 8-9 days, everyone did vocals for the operatic section. John doing baritone as Roger Taylor did the falsetto vox but multiple over dubbing on vocal tracks. The engineer they had on recording this and its album "A Night at the Opera" has been engineering Queen from the start.
night at the opera is the best album they ever made i still have night at the opera album and the cd
@@kitty5964 sheer heart attack was a great album, even it was their first album.
Something just occurred to me : you haven't really seen Freddie in full action! I said watch the show at Live Aid ( historic ) but it was in 1986, not 1985. It began with a song One Vision. The show they have on video is about 20 minutes long, but there was more and you will crave more. You'll learn to love Roger Taylor on drums ( the best ) and Brian May ( lead guitar ) and John Deacon ( bass guitar). Then, eventually, you will want to see the movie, Bohemian Rhapsody, which kept to the true story of Queen, though not completely. Doesn't matter. We all are caught by Freddie..one of the greatest talents of the 20th and any century. You're doing good.
Live Aid WAS in 1985.
The concert that begins with One Vision is from their 1986 tour (where he's wearing the yellow jacket at Wembley) that's not Live Aid. Both are at Wembley stadium.
You are the funnest reactor there is! "It hit me from everywhere" Ha!Ha!Ha! I love your reaction to this one more than any other, I've come back to watch it several times! Thank you for being the sweet person that you are!
in the early days of stereo recording the sound engineers and artists had a field day placing and moving instruments and sounds around in the stereo field. Modern artists and engineers don't seem to do this as much..
If you want to hear some more Queen "sonic drugs" listen to March of the Black Queen! Headphones are a MUST for all Queen music!
LOVE YOUR REACTION!!!
Ok for me your reaction is everything. This is one of the most beloved artists and song from the rock and roll world and your not from that world. Your love and appreciation is just wonderful to see. Welcome to the genius of Freddy Mercury!!
Watching you follow the sound through your ears and then looking so happy about it is simply perfect.
Lead guitarist Brian May is playing the guitar he made with his dad when he was 13 years old from offcuts of wood from anywhere and home made electronics, it's calledd 'Big Red'. Brian is also a well known astro physicist. They also played this live and it's still amazing.
dont know if anyone has posted this yet, but the rumor ive heard is its about him hidding he was gay. the just killed a man is ref to him 'killing' his real self. really sad.
Your like a child with a nnew toy with your new headphones. Enjoy. 🎶🎧That Was a brilliant reaction. Your hilarious 😂🤣
Like his top request on Christmas list...i TOTALLY AGREE WITH YA. this gent is EPIC with his reactions